Luis García and Ernesto Valverde have known each other for several years. The new Espanyol manager and the current Athletic manager shared the blue and white dressing room, albeit in different roles. The first is another footballer from the squad led by the rojiblanco coach in the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 seasons.
“I know Luis because he is my player, I trained him in Spain. As a player he does not give up on a lost ball, he always fights from the beginning to the end. A technical, level footballer. I think all of his courage He wants to instill in his team. We have few references to him as a coach, we know that he trains Madrid C”, explained Valverde.
The Athletic coach is clear that tomorrow’s match at the RCDE Stadium is important for Athletic for two reasons. “For what it means in terms of scoring and for what it means to bounce back after losing in the Cup. We will be facing a rival who is in a moment of need, who has changed coaches and we have to Give good measure. It doesn’t have to go down despite what happened on Tuesday, the team is fine”, said the rojiblanco coach.
Spanish visits are usually not good for Athletic. The lions, in fact, do not know what it feels like to still win a league game at the new Perico stadium. In the Cup, however, they qualified at that stage for a final.
“These are things that happen over time. There are fields where you win many times and fields where you’re especially bad. There’s no clear reason. It’s a field that’s not very good in Athletic, but in the Cup, we will get there in the final. Everything in the past, starting tomorrow the statistics will change”, concluded Valverde.
Source: La Verdad
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